Archive for the ‘Rocky Bernard’ Category

That Coughlin himself was caught by surprise is a candid admission from the coaching staff that they were blindsided by this. A guy goes away ~6 weeks ago, comes back with a non-football injury? When? How? Why wasn’t it reported to the Giants medical staff? Barring the injury occurring within the last two days, the lack of communication is disappointing.

2) Coughlin referred to Pierce’s legal situation as “serious.” If Pierce was involved with obstruction, then that would be legitimate. But if it is not that, then it sounds like political grandstanding at its worst.

3) In case you missed it from the comments section a few days ago, a special shout out to Russ Wellen for providing a link to an article in the Atlantic Monthly from last October. Not a good article, A GREAT ARTICLE. MUST READ. Must read for Giants fans. Must read for football fans. Must read for people who want to understand where the game was and where it is. And by the way, the NFL Network and NFL Films are missing a great opportunity if they do not have one of these shows all the time on breaking down film of the classic games with coaches today. Thanks Russ.

How aggressively do the Giants go after Chris Canty in the wake of Rocky Bernard being signed? What are the chances of the Giants signing him?

Pros:1) The perfect mix of age (26) and experience (4 yrs)2) Able to play both DE and DT well3) Cofield and Robbins both underwent arthroscopic knee surgery this winter, so need for depth important4) Canty grew up in NY (Bronx) and would like to come back here, all else equal5) Best free agent DL out there (next to Haynesworth)6) You can never have enough good defensive linemen, because every single dressed player gets snaps in the rotation7) Lack of pressure up the middle in second half of season a big reason why the Giants want to upgrade the DL8) Kiwi did not have the year we expected of him, and Canty can line up at DE

Summary: the Bernard signing really lowered the chances for this signing, but Canty wanted to play here… he would already be out of town visiting the next team by now if not for his interest in returning to NY. It still looks like Canty will play somewhere else, but all Reese has to do is offer him numbers in the vacinity of Smith and he will be in blue this season. It is up to Reese.. we’ll respect his judgment.